Indigenous Peoples Movies
- 2020
Sky Aelans
Sky Aelans6.52020HD
Directed by nine Indigenous Solomon Island filmmakers, this is both a love letter and lament for the eponymous traditional lands.
- 1956
The Longer Trail
The Longer Trail01956HD
A young indigenous man contracts tuberculosis and is sent to the Charles Camsell Indian Hospital in Edmonton. He struggles with the aftereffects of...
- 1953
Funeral Bororo
Funeral Bororo01953HD
- 1970
Ameríndia - Memória, Remorso e Compromisso no V Centenário
Ameríndia - Memória, Remorso e Compromisso no V Centenário01970HD
- 1955
Return of the Indian
Return of the Indian01955HD
- 2021
Evan's Drum
Evan's Drum02021HD
For generations, the sound of traditional Inuit drum dancing fell silent in Labrador due to colonization. In the early 21st century, the beat of the...
- 1970
This Was the Time
This Was the Time01970HD
When Masset, a Haida village in Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), held a potlatch, it seemed as if the past grandeur of...
- 2015
Nowhere Land
Nowhere Land02015HD
Documentary about filmmaker Bonnie Ammaaq's memories of life on Baffin Island, where her family moved for eleven years during her childhood from the...
- 1972
The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company
The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company01972HD
The Hudson's Bay Company's 300th anniversary celebration was no occasion for joy among the people whose lives were tied to the trading stores. This...
- 2021
Eatnameamet – Our Silent Struggle
Eatnameamet – Our Silent Struggle72021HD
The AssimiNation is a political pamphlet portraying the indigenous Sámi people fighting for their existence. The film follows the on going...
- 1982
Standing Alone
Standing Alone01982HD
Pete Standing Alone is a Blood Indian who, as a young man, was more at home in the White man's culture than his own. Confronted with the realization...
- 2020
Svonni vs the Swedish Tax Agency
Svonni vs the Swedish Tax Agency4.52020HD
A Sámi woman fights for her right to claim a tax deduction against the purchase of a dog. Why the Swedish authorities fail to recognize the...
- 2023
Coming Home
Coming Home8.52023HD
This documentary reveals the impacts of the Sixties Scoop, a period in which a series of Canadian policies enabled child welfare authorities to take,...
- 2019
Spears from All Sides
Spears from All Sides02019HD
Until the 1950s, the Waorani were able to successfully defended their area of settlement – today’s Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian...
- 1978
Wandering Spirit Survival School
Wandering Spirit Survival School01978HD
Wandering Spirit School, organized by concerned parents, broke with tradition by introducing subjects that are of particular relevance to its pupils....
- 1970
The Primal Mind
The Primal Mind01970HD
Written and hosted by Jack Marks, an American Jewish author who misrepresented himself as Native American; this PBS documentary examines the...
- 1973
The Colours of Pride
The Colours of Pride01973HD
Tom Hill, a Seneca artist and curator, explores the works of four contemporary Indigenous artists.
- 2010
Round Up
Round Up02010HD
This short film traces Pete Standing Alone's personal journey from cultural alienation to pride and belonging. As a spiritual elder, teacher and...
- 2024
Iniskim - Return of the Buffalo
Iniskim - Return of the Buffalo02024HD
A cinematic wonder & incredible opportunity to learn about Indigenous ways of knowing. A group of puppeteers are transformed by their experience of...
- 1943
Eskimo Arts and Crafts
Eskimo Arts and Crafts01943HD
How Inuit peoples perform arts and crafts, on the island of Baffin Island on what is now the territory of Nanavut.